M. Nonoyama, K. Nakajima, K. Nonoyama
Sep 30, 1997
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Polyhedron
Abstract
Abstract 2-Anilinopyridine (Hanp) reacted with sodium tetrachloroaurate(III) in refluxing water directly to give cyclometallated [AuCl2(anp)], which was characterized spectroscopically and its structure determined by X-ray analysis. The metallation reaction involved direct activation of an ortho C H bond of the phenyl moiety and the deprotonated anionic ligand, anp, coordinated to Au through the pyridine-N and phenyl ortho-C atoms forming a six-membered chelate ring. Similarly cycloaurated complexes, [AuBr2(anp)] and [AuCl2(C N)] (CN = tlp, map, and tpm), were also prepared and characterized (Htlp= 2-(p-toluidino)pyridine, Hmap = 2-(N-methylanilino)pyridine, and Htpm= 2-(p-toluidino)-pyrimidine).